May 26, 2014, 8:47 am
Last edit by: SingaporeDon
Every forum on Flyertalk has a personality. A forum gains a personality through user input over time, and Lifemiles is a very definitive example of how users have developed a unique community.
While Flyertalk boards actively encourage sharing of info, the Lifemiles community has developed and thrived via obscuring of certain data elements. It may not be easy for new participants to break through the codes and gain knowledge of the program's quirks, but the overall board community has adopted this unique approach. And frankly, that is not going to change overnight.
If a FT member wants to participate on this board, then they will need to respect other users. Hence, posts that run counter to this community's standards, will be removed.
While Flyertalk boards actively encourage sharing of info, the Lifemiles community has developed and thrived via obscuring of certain data elements. It may not be easy for new participants to break through the codes and gain knowledge of the program's quirks, but the overall board community has adopted this unique approach. And frankly, that is not going to change overnight.
If a FT member wants to participate on this board, then they will need to respect other users. Hence, posts that run counter to this community's standards, will be removed.
C1 North America
C1.5 Caribbean, Bermuda
C2 Europe
C2.5 Middle East
C3 Asia
C4 South America
C5 Africa
C6 Oceania
2X, 3X: in the context of this LifeMiles thread, 2X and 3X refer to any 2nd and 3rd legs of a one-way award ticket.
LifeMiles' Star Alliance Award Chart
LifeMiles' old Star Alliance Award Chart (before Oct 15 2014) // Table of changes
Cash & Miles redemptions: the price per mile purchased during award booking varies significantly depending on how many miles are purchased. The "sweet spots" are between 38% and 58% of the total mileage required, where miles are purchased for 1.5 cents. See here for some examples.
Beware of Cabotage: LifeMiles has been known to issue tickets that constitute Cabotage, and at least one instance of denied boarding has been reported, stranding the passenger. An easily-seen example is travel on Copa from LAX to SJU (via PTY).
Understand Cabotage: Departing country 1, transiting country 2, returning to country 1 (no stopping) *is* cabotage (example: depart JFK, connect in YYZ to return to ORD, or depart Miami, connect in Bogota, return to San Francisco). On the other hand, departing country 1, going to completely unrelated country 2, and ending up in country 3, is not cabotage. So if you fly JFK-JNB-ZRH, for instance, this is completely not cabotage.
Availability: Seeing availability for *A award seats elsewhere is no guarantee they are accessible on Lifemiles. For instance award space shown on ANA often is not accessible on Lifemiles. Similarly, finding award space on single legs doesn't mean you'll get award space on the combined itinerary. And no, there is no way to overcome that.
Screenshot Method
Send email to [email protected] with attached screenshots on Lifemiles website of each individual leg showing availability. Also, screenshot showing no availability as one booking. Include passenger names, gender and DOB and copy of passenger passport. They will either call you for payment or email the itinerary and give you 3 days to call up and make payment by CC.
NOTE: This previous thread has been closed; it can be read here LM F and J routes (and the occasional trick-it)
LM F and J routes (and the occasional trick-it) Rebooted v2.0
Aug 12, 2014, 6:59 pm
#676
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Da World (GOT usually)
Programs: Oneworld, Hilton, IHG
Posts: 409
Seems UA TATL has plenty of Y, but little J availability.
I was looking at C1>C2 and checked multiple UA hubs in C1 and destinations in C2, but J is so few and far between...
Was wondering UA TATL historically always lacks J availability, or is it just a temporary thing? Would appreciate some enlightenment here
I was looking at C1>C2 and checked multiple UA hubs in C1 and destinations in C2, but J is so few and far between...
Was wondering UA TATL historically always lacks J availability, or is it just a temporary thing? Would appreciate some enlightenment here
Aug 15, 2014, 10:11 am
#677
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: QF LTG
Posts: 1,200
So I know of two airports wrongly coded as being in C1 and one airport wrongly coded as being in C6. All are still working. Anyone know if I should be looking for more or is this all that we know of for now?
Aug 15, 2014, 12:44 pm
#678
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Aug 15, 2014, 12:56 pm
#680
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Aug 15, 2014, 3:14 pm
#681
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BTS
Posts: 611
Aug 15, 2014, 3:27 pm
#682
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: QF LTG
Posts: 1,200
Thanks Scibuff, that is helpful info. The barrage of stupid PMs was not helpful. I have a list of over 30 airports that are either miscoded or misplaced. I knew Haribo has been eaten but I wasn't sure if any of the others were still around or if there was more I hadn't found.
Seems like my list includes all the 3 miscoded airports, the rest are misplaced.
Seems like my list includes all the 3 miscoded airports, the rest are misplaced.
Aug 15, 2014, 3:47 pm
#683
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Thanks Scibuff, that is helpful info. The barrage of stupid PMs was not helpful. I have a list of over 30 airports that are either miscoded or misplaced. I knew Haribo has been eaten but I wasn't sure if any of the others were still around or if there was more I hadn't found.
Seems like my list includes all the 3 miscoded airports, the rest are misplaced.
Seems like my list includes all the 3 miscoded airports, the rest are misplaced.
It was a first answer to your question outside this publicly accessible board, and I was ready to give you more information had you asked.
I believe the information given hier by scibuff publicly goes too far, far too far. This is exactly the kind of details we don't want a company representative to read.
PS the assumption of your PM you have all in C1 and C6 is wrong.
Aug 15, 2014, 3:55 pm
#684
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: QF LTG
Posts: 1,200
Thank you very much for the "stupid" tag to my PM. [/Sarcasm off]
It was a first answer to your question outside this publicly accessible board, and I was ready to give you more information had you asked.
I believe the information given hier by scibuff publicly goes too far, far too far. This is exactly the kind of details we don't want a company representative to read.
PS the assumption of your PM you have all in C1 and C6 is wrong.
It was a first answer to your question outside this publicly accessible board, and I was ready to give you more information had you asked.
I believe the information given hier by scibuff publicly goes too far, far too far. This is exactly the kind of details we don't want a company representative to read.
PS the assumption of your PM you have all in C1 and C6 is wrong.
Aug 15, 2014, 4:11 pm
#685
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 8
I think you were referring to my PM, then.
I have two miscoded airports that are still working very well. I found them using the exact method that scibuff described. I misunderstood your earlier post thinking that you had 1 miscoded airport as C1, and 1 miscoded airport as C6. Since I have 2 miscoded airports as C1, I wanted to share the information.
I know that people don't just give away the information to the newbies so I did my best by offering whatever I had although they seem to be very popular already. At least I hoped that could be the indication that I had done my research before just asking the answers.
I don't know what part of my PM was wrong and stupid.
If you tell me how I can also start getting into Lifemiles tricks, that will be much appreciated.
Also, can anyone answer my question in the previous page regarding the scripting to find boomies?
Thanks.
I have two miscoded airports that are still working very well. I found them using the exact method that scibuff described. I misunderstood your earlier post thinking that you had 1 miscoded airport as C1, and 1 miscoded airport as C6. Since I have 2 miscoded airports as C1, I wanted to share the information.
I know that people don't just give away the information to the newbies so I did my best by offering whatever I had although they seem to be very popular already. At least I hoped that could be the indication that I had done my research before just asking the answers.
I don't know what part of my PM was wrong and stupid.
If you tell me how I can also start getting into Lifemiles tricks, that will be much appreciated.
Also, can anyone answer my question in the previous page regarding the scripting to find boomies?
Thanks.
Aug 17, 2014, 10:51 am
#686
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New York Metropolitan Area 45 km from JFK
Programs: UA,AA,AS,BA
Posts: 4,607
There is still life in Lifemiles
Positioning flights are extremely expensive. Really only good for a super adventure traveler who is planning to be in the neighborhood anyways ( maybe as part of an RTW ), as neither of the two airports involved are on Mainline Routing. I am also highly confident that none of our members live in either city, or country for that matter.
Last edited by WingedWorldExplorer; Aug 17, 2014 at 2:47 pm
Aug 19, 2014, 2:55 am
#689
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Valencia, Spain
Programs: Pascal and Python, no C++
Posts: 738
Aug 19, 2014, 5:55 am
#690
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: QF LTG
Posts: 1,200
